Christoph Markus Schiller

Christoph Markus Schiller (* 1963 in Stuttgart ) is a German improvisation musician , pianist and composer . He primarily plays new improvisation music .

life and work

Schiller studied fine arts at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and piano with Daniel Cholette in Basel and music theory at the Basel Free Music School . Since 1987 he has been playing new improvisation music, first on the piano and for several years mainly on the spinet , as well as with voice. He played at international improvisation music festivals and released CD recordings with improvised music, among others with Cyril Bondi , Michel Doneda , Carl Ludwig Hübsch , Harald Kimmig , Pierre-Yves Martel , Birgit Ulher and as a soloist. In addition to his work as a concert musician, he is also active as a composer.

Awards

• With the improvisation quartet babels besen - Margarete Huber (vocals), Hans-Jürg Meier (recorders), Markus Wetstein (objects), Christoph Schiller (piano) - he won the Prix ​​Marguerite de Reding of the Swiss Tonkünstlerverband in 2001 .

Fonts

• Resonance. Thoughts on improvised music. In: Dieter A. Nanz (ed.) Aspects of Free Improvisation in Music. Wolke Verlag, Hofheim 2011

Discography (selection)

• Mundraub , Marianne Schuppe, voice, Christoph Schiller, piano, hybrid music productions, Gießen 1994
• Savagnières , Peter Baumgartner, powerbook, Christoph Schiller, Spinett, creative sources, Lisbon 2005
• Sebastian Lexer & Christoph Schiller: Luftwurzeln (Matchless Recordings, 2012)
• spinet 2016 , Christoph Schiller, Spinett, Edition Wandelweiser, Haan 2016

Compositions (selection)

• time does transit for votes, 1992
• Seestück for choir (mixed choir or female choir), 1998
• de travers for 5 flutes, 1998
• Heine songs for soprano and piano, 1998/99
• The All-Destroying Time for 8 male voices and piano, 1999
• Whether she eats special bread for soprano and 8 instruments (fl, tp, tb, Metallobjekte, perk, Klav, vla, kb), 2000
• eismeer for voices and orchestra, 2001/02
• Small pastry madrigals for 5 voices (SSATB), 2003
• Lego for oboe, trumpet, guitar, piano, 2005
• Numbers for open cast, 2010–2013
• Colors (Lego) video and instrument, 2012
• The box , 2013
• Stones (game) stones, playing field, for 2–3 players, 2015
• Nursery versions for spinet, piano, trio, text, 2016

Web links

• Web presence
• Christoph Schiller at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief bio for unheard of
2. ↑ http://www.christophschiller.net/komposition.htm
3. ↑ https://www.musinfo.ch/de/haben/verbindungen/?pers_id=97&abc=M
4. ↑ http://www.christophschiller.net/komposition.htm